Construction of a Triangular Stability Diagram part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
An interactive powerpoint presentation walks students step-by-step through the process of generating a triangular diagram for the system K2O-Al2O3-SiO2. A Word document provides the thermodynamic data and ...

Plankton Lab part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Plankton Lab online (developed for remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic); students will explore plankton samples from three different locations in San Francisco Bay, identify organisms, and characterize the ...

Where on Earth were the reefs through geologic time? part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students explore the geographic distribution of reefs through geologic time. Students map fossil occurrences of reef forming organisms on modern and paleogeographic reconstructions using the Paleobiology Database. ...

Making Interdisciplinary Connections in Oceanography part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students work alone or in groups to draw "cross plots" and make connections between ocean biology, chemistry, geology, and physics. This simple graphical tool helps students understand the ...

Sustainable Development: It’s as easy as F-E-W part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
The game was designed as part of a larger lesson plan on FEW systems that was developed during a SESYNC case study workshop (funded by NSF DBI-1639145). More information about SESYNC and the larger lesson plan can ...

Virtual Landscapes Geological Mapping part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
A virtual landscape is a virtual reality environment designed to develop geologic mapping and field skills. They include natural landscapes where the geology can be mapped, and interactive 3D block models of ...

Quantifying transport of sediment off of continental shelves part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This activity requires students to manipulate oceanographic data to derive new variables, make plots, interpret plots and make back-of-the-envelope calculations to weigh the importance of eddies in shelf edge ...

Monday Morning Meeting (II): Monitoring Mount St. Helens 2004 dome growth using authentic data part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This jigsaw activity groups students first as volcano monitoring experts of either RSAM seismic data, earthquake locations, or GPS data, and then regroups students into interdisciplinary teams. The teams discuss ...

How do we really know what's inside the Earth? - Imaging Earth's interior with seismic waves part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this multi-step lab, students explore the concepts of seismic wave propagation through materials with different mechanical properties, and examine seismic evidence from a recent earthquake to infer Earth's ...

GIS Analysis of Shoreline Change Using the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
The Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) is a software extension for ArcGIS that allows for automated shoreline change calculations along the coast. The user must supply the shoreline data and the software ...